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The Ten Commandments (DeMille)

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1957 -- 1958 -- 1959 -- 1960

Friendly Persuasion (Wyler)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Siegel)

Forbidden Planet (Wilcox)

The Man Who Knew Too Much (Hitchcock)

The Burmese Harp (Ichikawa)

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  Around the World in 80 Days (Anderson)

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  The Catered Affair (Brooks)

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  Il ferroviere (Germi)

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  The Wrong Man (Hitchcock)

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  The Red Balloon (Lamorisse)

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  The King and I (Lang)

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  The Spanish Gardener (Leacock)

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  The Bad Seed (LeRoy)

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  Bus Stop (Logan)

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  La banda degli onesti (Mastrocinque)

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  The Solid Gold Cadillac (Quine)

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  The Brave One (Rapper)

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  Aparajito (Ray S)

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  Night and Fog (Resnais)

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  The Fastest Gun Alive (Rouse)

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  War and Peace (Vidor)

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  Bundle of Joy (Taurog)

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  Tom and Jerry [xvii]
  (Hanna-Barbera)

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Notable Mention (1956)

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  1. The Searchers (Ford)

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  3. The Killing (Kubrick)

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  4. A Man Escaped (Bresson)

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  7. Bob le flambeur (Melville)

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  8. Bigger Than Life (Ray N)

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  9. Written on the Wind (Sirk)

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  13. Giant (Stevens)

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  14. Street of Shame (Mizoguchi)

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  17. Baby Doll (Kazan)

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  23. Lust for Life (Minnelli)

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  36. Tea and Sympathy (Minnelli)

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  50. Anastasia (Litvak)

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Additional films

Critical Reception (1956)

MUBI, Best Films

-- #1. < The Searchers -- #2. The Red Balloon -- #3. < The Killing -- #4. < A Man Escaped -- #5. The Man Who Knew Too Much -- #6. Invasion of the Body Snatchers -- #7. < Bob le flambeur -- #8. Bigger Than Life -- #9. < Written on the Wind -- #10. The Wrong Man

-- #11. Aparajito -- #12. Forbidden Planet -- #13. < Giant -- #14. Street of Shame -- #15. The Burmese Harp -- #16. Early Spring -- #17. < Baby Doll -- #18. All the World's Memories -- #19. The Ten Commandments -- #20. Samurai III

-- #21. Crazed Fruit -- #22. The Bad Seed -- #23. < Lust for Life -- #24. And God Created Woman -- #25. The Mystery of Picasso -- #26. Seven Men from Now -- #27. While the City Sleeps -- #28. There's Always Tomorrow -- #29. The Girl Can't Help It -- #30. Flowing

-- #31. Moby Dick -- #32. The King and I -- #33. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt -- #34. Death in the Garden -- #35. The Artist and the City -- #36. < Tea and Sympathy -- #37. Elena and Her Man -- #38. Peasants of the Sea -- #39. Somebody Up There Likes Me -- #40. Le coup du Berger

-- #41. The Silent World -- #42. Bus Stop -- #43. Jubal -- #44. Sunday in Peking -- #45. The Ogre of Athens -- #46. High Society -- #47. The Harder They Fall -- #48. Attack -- #49. Lovers and Lollipops -- #50. < Anastasia

Flickchart, Best Movies

-- @1. < The Searchers -- @2. < The Killing -- @3. < A Man Escaped -- @4. Night and Fog -- @5. Invasion of the Body Snatchers -- @6. The Man Who Knew Too Much -- @7. Forbidden Planet -- @8. < Giant -- @9. < Bob le flambeur -- @10. The Wrong Man

-- @11. The Ten Commandments -- @12. Aparajito -- @13. The Red Balloon -- @14. Bigger Than Life -- @15. The Bad Seed -- @16. Written on the Wind -- @17. The Burmese Harp -- @18. The King and I -- @19. Moby Dick -- @20. Baby Doll

-- @21. High Society -- @22. -- @23. Lust for Life -- @25. Bus Stop -- @29. Early Spring -- @30. Around the World in 80 Days -- @31. Friendly Persuasion -- @34. Street of Shame -- @37. < Anastasia -- @39. War And Peace (Vidor)

CriticsTop10, Best Films

-- =1. Around the World in 80 Days -- =2. The King and I -- =3. < Giant -- =4. War and Peace -- =5. Friendly Persuasion -- =6. < Anastasia -- =7. Moby Dick (1956) -- =8. Picnic -- =9. The Ten Commandments (1956) -- =10. < Tea & Sympathy

-- =11. < Lust for Life -- =12. < Written on the Wind -- =13. High Society -- =14. Trapeze 86 -- =15. La strada -- =16. Bus Stop -- =17. The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit -- =18. The Eddy Dunchin Story -- =19. Carousel -- =20. The Solid Gold Cadillac

-- =21. The Man Who Knew Too Much -- =22. Somebody Up There Likes Me -- =23. Full of Life -- =24. The Silent World -- =25. < The Searchers -- =26. The Harder They Fall -- =27. Attack! -- =28. The Ladykillers -- =29. Baby Doll -- =30. The Benny Goodman Story

Oscar, Best Films

-- Around the World in 80 Days -- Friendly Persuasion -- #13. Giant -- The King and I -- The Ten Commandments -- War and Peace -- La Strada (Italy)

National Board of Review

-- Around the World in 80 Days -- Moby Dick -- The King and I -- #23. Lust for Life -- Friendly Persuasion -- Somebody Up There Likes Me -- The Catered Affair -- Anastasia -- The Man Who Never Was -- Bus Stop

Top Grossing Films

-- The Ten Commandments -- Around the World in 80 Days -- #13. Giant -- Seven Wonders of the World -- The King and I -- Trapeze -- War and Peace -- High Society -- The Teahouse of the August Moo -- The Eddy Duchin Story

National Film Registry

-- The Court Jester (1955) -- Disneyland Dream <doc> -- Forbidden Planet -- #13. Giant -- Invasion of the Body Snatchers -- Modesta <short> -- The Searchers -- The Ten Commandments

American Film Institute

-- #13. Giant -- The Searchers

NYT, Best Films

-- The Silent World <doc> -- The Searchers -- The King and I -- #23. Lust for Life -- Bob le Flambeur -- Bus Stop -- Written on the Wind -- The Ten Commandments -- #13. Giant -- Friendly Persuasion -- The Girl Can't Help It -- Anastasia -- Baby Doll -- The Great Man

TSPDT, Best Films

-- The Searchers -- A Man Escaped -- Written on the Wind -- The Killing -- Bigger Than Life -- Aparajito -- Invasion of the Body Snatchers -- The Red Balloon -- Street of Shame -- Forbidden Planet -- The Ten Commandments

Top10ner, Best Films

-- Invasion of the Body Snatchers -- The Searchers -- The Killing -- The Ten Commandments -- #13. Giant -- Aparajito -- A Man Escaped

Film101, Best Films

-- The Searchers -- Aparajito -- Invasion of the Body Snatchers -- Written on the Wind -- #13. Giant -- A Man Escaped -- Bob le flambeur -- The Burmese Harp -- The Ten Commandments -- The Killing -- #23. Lust for Life -- Around the World in 80 Days -- Friendly Persuasion -- Forbidden Planet -- Baby Doll -- The King and I -- Bus Stop -- The Wrong Man

Rotten Tomatoes, Best Films

-- #4. A Man Escaped -- Night and Fog

ChildActors, Best Films

-- Aparajito (India) -- The Bad Seed -- Il ferroviere (Italy) -- Invasion of the Body Snatchers -- The Red Balloon (France)

-- The Brass Legend -- The Brave One -- Les carottes sont cuites (France) -- Magdanas lurja / Magdana's Donkey (URSS) -- Peril for the Guy (UK) -- Ransom! -- Smiley (Australia) -- The Spanish Gardener (UK) -- Supersonic Saucer (UK) -- The Weapon (UK)

-- El camino de la vida / The Road of Life (Mexico) -- Come Next Spring -- Dolina miru / The Valley of Peace (Yugoslavia) -- Das Donkosakenlied (West Germany) -- El pequeño ruiseñor / The Little Nightingale (Spain) -- Everything But the Truth -- Good-bye, My Lady -- Das Hirtenlied vom Kaisertal (Austria) -- Lauta mancia / Big Jeeter (Italy) -- Mein Vater der Schauspieler (West Germany) -- Mi tío Jacinto (Spain) -- Ne okreci se, sine / Don't Look Back, My Son (Yugoslavia) -- Starik Khottabych / The Flying Carpet (URSS) -- Storm Center -- Tajemnica dzikiego szybu (Poland) -- Toy Tiger

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